Carol Rodrigues was born in Rio de Janeiro and lives in São Paulo. Her first story collection, Sem Vista para o Mar (Edith, 2015), won the Jabuti and Biblioteca Nacional prizes for short stories in 2015. Her second collection, Os Maus Modos, is forthcoming later in 2016 and has received the support of Proac (the São Paulo State Cultural Department). She earned a BA in audiovisual studies at the Federal University of São Carlos and a MA in international performance studies at the University of Amsterdam. In 2016, she was a one of the featured writers at The Script Road literary festival in Macau.